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About Town – May 19, 2024

This week’s photos of Columbia

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On reflection

Volunteers placed flags, in the rain, at Laurel Hill on Saturday.

New finial (temporarily)

Guardian of the gate

A gaggle of geese coming ashore . . .

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Nakba Day commemorates the 1948 “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians by Israeli forces, when the State of Israel was founded. The genocide continues to this day.

The Habitat for Humanity project on South 5th is almost complete. Banners of welcome are hanging in the back . . .

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Mount Bethel Cemetery

Made in the shade

Backhoe parking only

What’s happening at 14 Lancaster Avenue?

Checking reliability on North 5th . . .

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Bird on a wire

Ready for a barbecue

We got a lot of rain this past week.

Can’t they do this in the middle of the night?

Bamboo forest

Up close

Go to the Boring Bar.

Perspective

Tires in Avenue N

Hidden message?

Food trailer at the Shops at Prospect

Upgrades at ASC, formerly Anvil, formerly Grinnell . . .

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Patriotic windows

At the Buddhist temple

Spell check, please

Tree truck

Dinnertime at the tracks

Birds can get tangled in this crap.

Memorial Day in Columbia | TownLively

Columbia will kick off its Memorial Day events at noon on Sunday, May 26, with a performance from the Bainbridge Band in the gazebo in Locust Street Park, 550 Locust St. At 1 p.m., a ceremony will begin.

The ceremony will feature community members and local dignitaries who will honor the holiday. “There will be a reading of the Gettysburg Address, remarks from Mayor Lutz, a main speaker … and a prayer by deacon Henry Reese,” said Bob Herman, one of the event organizers.

Memorial Day in Columbia

Agenda – Columbia Borough School Board Meeting – May 16, 2024

Live poetry/open mic at the Watch & Clock Museum this Saturday, May 18, 2024

Agenda – Columbia Borough Council Meeting – May 14, 2024

The meeting packet is HERE.

[LNP | LancasterOnline] Gambling debts led to theft from Columbia Boys Athletic Association: police

What happened: A storage building on the site of what will become the borough’s public works department recently experienced one break-in and one attempted illegal entry that caused about $10,000 in damages.

Details: A municipal employee two weeks ago interrupted three teens trying to break into the borough storage facility at 1100 Ridge Ave.

More: The worker called the police department, which responded. The individuals ran away, but the borough was able to identify them through the bicycles they left behind. That investigation continues.

Previous incident: This incident came about two weeks after one or more people illegally entered the same structure, vandalizing equipment and defacing the building with spray paint in mid-April.

Damages: Workers found a 10-foot aluminum ladder plunged through a window of a mini-backhoe tractor. Other equipment vandalized included leaf trucks and a machine that seals cracks, Mark Stivers, borough manager, said in a May 9 phone call. Graffiti covered the walls and equipment.

Details: Although the borough carries insurance for such incidents, Columbia will have to pay any deductibles and may face rate increases, Zink explained.

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/gambling-debts-led-to-theft-from-columbia-boys-athletic-association-police/article_75be7a26-1151-11ef-b01a-d78424548bd3.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share

[LNP | LancasterOnline] Gambling debts led to theft from Columbia Boys Athletic Association: police

The former treasurer of the Columbia Boys Athletic Association who was charged last week with stealing $184,251 from the organization did so to cover gambling debts, according to borough police.

Kimberly Clark, 47, of Columbia, is charged with one count of theft by deception, a third-degree felony.

According to charging documents, the thefts were discovered by a co-treasurer of the nonprofit.

Erik Albright, the co-treasurer, told Columbia police he tried to withdraw funds for association expenses late last year and learned the account was overdrawn.

He said he spoke to Clark, who admitted taking more than $85,000, according to charging documents. However, an analysis found $184,251 was missing.

Clark wrote checks to herself or made them payable to cash, police said. The thefts spanned 2020 to 2023, police said.

Parade route changed for 2024 Memorial Day Parade

Due to road construction on the 200 block of Union Street, the Memorial Day Parade route will now be as follows:

Manor Street to Fourth Street,
Fourth Street to Cherry Street,
Cherry Street to Second Street,
Second Street to Locust Street.

The parade will assemble at 10th & Manor and disassemble at 6th & Locust. The event is scheduled for 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, May 26. Parade starts at 2:30.

Deeds Recorded – Columbia Borough – May 13, 2024

The estate of Roseanna Watson conveyed 247 Fifth St. to Thomas Watson for $1.

Highmount Properties LLC conveyed 823 Locust St. to Michael Kuzar for $287,500.

Lorie A. Smith conveyed 1058 Cloverton Drive to Hernando Salcedo for $165,000.

Ashley West Glatfelter and Bradley David Koehler conveyed property on Perry Street to Georgia Rodriguez for $299,900.

Alfred A. Greenya conveyed property on a public road to Alfred A. Greenya and Evelyn M. Greenya for $1.

Shalondra J. Edmond, Shalondra J. Hartman, James Daryl Hartman and James D. Hartman conveyed 246 S. Fifth St. to Long Run Two LLC for $122,500.

Patricia Young and P. Young conveyed 15 N. Fourth St. to United Steel Workers Local 376m for $150,000.

Thomas G. Hollingsworth conveyed property on a public road to Thomas G. Hollingsworth and Margaret Hollingsworth for $1.

The estate of Shirley F. McBride, the estate of Shirley G. McBride and Michael McBride conveyed 219 Perry St. to Michael McBride for $80,000.

Riehls Taste of Lancaster County LLC conveyed property on Houston Street to Yue Qin Lu for $115,500.

The estate of Judy M. Warner conveyed property on Union Street to Jolinda A. Murillo and Jose A. Santiago for $70,000.

Joseph G Jr. Murphy conveyed property on South 12th Street to Samuel J. Reyes and Nydia I. Santiago for $185,000.

About Town – May 12, 2024

This week’s photos of Columbia

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Say good-bye to the Lazy K Lounge on the 100 block of Locust Street.

The sign was removed on Friday morning.

These two signs were removed, also. They were on an exterior wall of the former chip factory at 2nd & Locust.

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Fox on the run

There he goes.

Amazon driver busted

Tree topping at 2nd & Walnut by BTS Tree Service

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DO NOT park or tamper here

(Columbia Water Company)

Columbia’s Jimmy Jones at borough hall

Killdeer on track

Coming soon to your neighborhood

A few members of a group of about a dozen bikers who were in town for Ascension Day (Ascension Thursday)

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Work on the 200 block of Union Street

Big balls

Rain-drenched peonies about to open . . .

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Fishin’

Star car

Motorcycle officers did traffic control at 5th & Chestnut (Route 462) on Friday to allow a convoy to pass through. The convoy was part of National Police Week (NPW), being held May 12-18 this year in Washington, D.C., to honor the service and sacrifice of U.S. law enforcement officers. On May 11 and 12, surviving families and co-workers begin arriving in Washington, D.C. for the events.

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed Public Law 87-726 designating May 15 as Peace Officers’ Memorial Day, and the week in which May 15 falls as National Police Week. The law was amended by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law 103-322, signed by President Bill Clinton, directing that the flag of the United States be displayed at half-staff on all government buildings on May 15 each year.